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Nitish Kumar felt that Rahul Gandhi humiliated him within the assembly by citing reservations over his title.
Patna:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, after parting methods with the BJP in 2022, took on the initiative of coralling all opposition forces to collectively tackle Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling get together within the nationwide election. He hosted the primary assembly of opposition events in Patna, and it was extensively believed that he would ultimately be the coalition’s Convenor.
So how and why did Nitish Kumar develop into so disillusioned that he reached out to PM Modi, the person he needed to defeat?
In keeping with leaders near the 72-year-old, the January 13 assembly of the INDIA alliance was the turning level.
In that assembly, Nitish Kumar’s title was proposed as Convenor by CPM Chief Sitaram Yechury and endorsed by nearly all leaders, together with Lalu Yadav and Sharad Pawar. Nonetheless, Rahul Gandhi interjected and mentioned a call on this must wait as Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had reservations over Nitish Kumar for the function. Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar’s deputy (now soon-to-be ex), identified that Mamata Banerjee had skipped the assembly and that the choice shouldn’t be topic to her approval as a majority had been in favour of Nitish Kumar. Considerably, although not surprisingly, neither Sonia Gandhi nor Mallikarjun Kharge sought to overrule Rahul Gandhi. Nitish Kumar, say sources near him, felt then that he was “by no means going to realize his goal of overthrowing Modi”. And he determined, “if you cannot beat him, be part of him”, the leaders mentioned.
Nitish Kumar felt that Rahul Gandhi, as a substitute of making an attempt to influence Mamata Banerjee and produce her round, humiliated him within the assembly by citing reservations over his title.
Nitish Kumar’s supporters consider that so long as Rahul Gandhi is taking all of the essential calls, the opposition can not handle full unity or put up a good combat in opposition to the BJP.
Reviews that Nitish Kumar wouldn’t be part of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra in Bihar had been a lifeless giveaway that the opposition alliance is in hassle.
The INDIA bloc is unraveling furiously with its key mover making a last-minute one-eighty and deciding to associate the BJP within the coming Lok Sabha elections.
During the last two days, two different opposition MVPs — Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal — have all however ended it with the INDIA bloc, ruling out any alliance with the Congress and declaring solo fights in Bengal and Punjab.
